tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post7166546221744544436..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: M. R. James / Michael ChabonMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-52979268284901995782014-01-05T18:43:55.249-05:002014-01-05T18:43:55.249-05:00Real McCoy!
Thank you, Clive. I almost missed tha...Real McCoy!<br /><br />Thank you, Clive. I almost missed that one! XD<br />Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-83195808405702732322014-01-05T18:41:52.372-05:002014-01-05T18:41:52.372-05:00Rebecca Beatrice Miller, Zinn Brilliants film<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3WLJQT5m3Iw" rel="nofollow">Rebecca Beatrice Miller, Zinn Brilliants film</a><br /><br />Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-42084410136723269442014-01-05T18:34:17.765-05:002014-01-05T18:34:17.765-05:00Clive,
there were some others in the other images...Clive,<br /><br />there were some others in the other images--a crescent moon and one or two others that Rebecca gave to us last Christmas (she worked for them a bit before she went back to school.)<br /><br />Did you see the film she made for them?Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-80039508751706867522014-01-05T18:28:22.370-05:002014-01-05T18:28:22.370-05:00And here I see a Zinn Brilliant decoration. Aren&#...And here I see a Zinn Brilliant decoration. Aren't they the best? I purchase a fine looking dog and a racing horse this year, intended for future tree treasures, though I gave both away in a frenzy of Christmas cheer. I shall have to save up and go back for more!Clive Hicks-Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573698513351018726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-26053676376671696822014-01-04T11:42:29.260-05:002014-01-04T11:42:29.260-05:00Thanks for the recommendations! Books about YHWH a...Thanks for the recommendations! Books about YHWH are so bewilderingly many...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1616119233415397592014-01-04T11:27:25.421-05:002014-01-04T11:27:25.421-05:00All this talk about God in the Tanakh reminds me o...All this talk about God in the Tanakh reminds me of two important books; when I read them, my understanding of YHWH was improved. (1) God: A Biography by Jack Miles; (2) The Disappearance of God by Richard Friedman. These books may not be theology, but they are provocative and useful.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-45493946136353522332014-01-04T11:10:13.098-05:002014-01-04T11:10:13.098-05:00Robbi,
He has a stopover in Istanbul--originally ...Robbi,<br /><br />He has a stopover in Istanbul--originally a friend was coming with him (but ended up having surgery) who had never been to Turkey, so they were to stay a couple of days... He may try to fly out early, as he has spent a good bit of time in Istanbul.<br /><br />Clearly we could talk a book about the God of Exodus--God of both judgment of a fallen world and God of mercy. His Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-16449477551503978842014-01-04T10:42:28.810-05:002014-01-04T10:42:28.810-05:00RE: Mike, hope his flight is even now wending its ...RE: Mike, hope his flight is even now wending its way toward the destination, or perhaps even on the ground.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-47313798472080357972014-01-04T10:41:03.321-05:002014-01-04T10:41:03.321-05:00Sat through a lecture at synagogue last night done...Sat through a lecture at synagogue last night done by someone in the Torah group I'm in about how progressive Judaism should purge all mention of God from its liturgy.<br />Though I could not argue with the guy's contention that the God of Exodus was cruel and arbitrary, I could not agree or concede that this presentation of the deity had embraced all that is possible.<br />I didn't Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-39885899901512717022014-01-03T18:20:41.325-05:002014-01-03T18:20:41.325-05:00He's over the ocean now, and I think will make...He's over the ocean now, and I think will make his flight from Istanbul to Bishkek... Hope so.<br /><br />I have read some William James, but I can't say that I recall him well--it has been many decades. So many things one would like to reread.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-17721823032117373572014-01-03T18:02:45.787-05:002014-01-03T18:02:45.787-05:00Ghosts! Oh, my! Once upon a time, I would scoff at...Ghosts! Oh, my! Once upon a time, I would scoff at anything supernatural (either divine or otherwise), but now -- as a fall deeper and deeper into my later years -- I have a very open mind about both the "realities" and the fictional representations of the supernatural. While I am nearly tempted to find and read M. R. James, my current mindset has me thinking instead of another James R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-25906440318807741622014-01-03T14:53:55.521-05:002014-01-03T14:53:55.521-05:00No worry, one of my favorite people in the world w...No worry, one of my favorite people in the world was a curmudgeon... Curmudgeon personae can be attractive, if honest! And curmudgeons often are.<br /><br />Am just wishing JFK would update! He turned off his phone ages ago, 15 minutes before departure, supposedly. But they're still listed as delayed. Pfft!<br /><br />Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-32413727296010925412014-01-03T14:29:19.223-05:002014-01-03T14:29:19.223-05:00Yeesh, I say re your husband's commute. I do n...Yeesh, I say re your husband's commute. I do not miss weathery winters.<br /><br />I am working on my curmudgeonliness. I think I'm making great progress. But I'll behave myself in future, I will.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-72292126483093726982014-01-03T14:19:22.015-05:002014-01-03T14:19:22.015-05:00Nice tone, Scott!
Sitting here, wholly antsy, wai...Nice tone, Scott!<br /><br />Sitting here, wholly antsy, waiting for news that my husband's flight to Kurgyzstan by way of Istanbul has actually left the ground. He went off the road twice on the way to JFK. Bit of a grueling start this morning...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-13736160589743149942014-01-03T14:16:56.789-05:002014-01-03T14:16:56.789-05:00Well, you know how it is with kids these days: you...Well, you know how it is with kids these days: you have to get out of the church (or away from all institutions) in order to have a real life. Religion can only repress, etc. Yawn.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.com